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WlLLlAM G. TEMPLEQIION, OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

SCALE.

Specification ofuLetters IPatent.'v

Patented Got. 190i?.

' Application sied November a, 190s, serial No. 342,536. Renewed september i5, isos. semi Na. 453,142.

To 4all whom it may concern:

15e it known that I, VILLIAM G. TEMPLE- 'ro:\', a citizen of the United States, residing at Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Scale, of which thefollowing'is a specification..

This invention relates to Weighing scales, and has for its principal object to provide a novel form of load receiver or Weighing platform,V connected to any desired form of `weight indicating device by a single suspension bar or the like, and which will accurately weigh any article placed in any position thereon.

A further object ,of the invention is to provide a load receiver or` platform with. means for preventing any swaying or lat! ral movement when the load is placed there on, the receiver being arranged to move only in an approximately vertical path.

With these and otherobjects in view, as

,will more fully hereinafter appear, the in-l vention'. consists in certain novel features of. construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter' fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

f In the accompanying drawings:-Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, of a load receiver or platform constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, looking upward. Fig. 3 is a detail /perspective view of the'equalizing or guid- Ving link', detached. .Fig- 4 is a detail sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of oneof the pivotal connections. Fig. 5 is a view corresponding to. the lower portion of Fig. l, illustrating a modified arrangement of the equalizing and guiding means. Fig. 6 is ah sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5, looking upward. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional View on anenlarged scale on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6. Fig. Sis aa detail perspective View showing a'further modification of the lin Similar numerals 'of reference are ern* ployed to indicate corresponding parts standard B, and an indicating means C, the latter in the present instance being merely the pointer of a scale of the spring type.

The load receiver or weighing platform l10 is suspended by a rod ll which is rigidly attached to the load receiver, and in the present instance the lower end of the suspension rod is provided with a pair of forked arms l2 which extend under and are firmly secured to the load receiver.

Arranged under the load receiver is an requalizing or guiding device which may A' takethe form of a U-shaped link l5, pivoted at one end on a pair of conical bearings 1G, one bearing of each pair being preferably in the form of a screw to permit adjustment The opposite end or arms of the linkare recessed to receive conical bearing screws 17 carried by the arms l2, as shown more clearly in Fig. 4, and the arms of the link are preferably connected together by a cross bar 18 in order to prevent spreading.

The equalizing or `guiding device is of such nature that the platform l0A Will always remain approximately horizontal, and the downward stress of the suspension rod -uill be the same no matter where the weight or load is placed. lf the load he placed on the platform at a point near the suspension rod, there will be a nearly direct vertical pull on the rod, and if placednear the outer edge of .the platform, there will 1ce seme tendency to swing the platform rearward,

. or in the direction'of the suspension rod,

and to move the latter out of a vertical line.

This, however, is prevented by the equalizing or guiding link, and thefplatform' allowed to move only in a vertical, or substantially vertical path.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 the link is reversed, one end being pivoted to the front of the base, and the opposite end or arms of the link being pivoted to tleunder side of the load receiver at a point adjacent to that edge of the receiver to which the suspension rod is attached.

Fig. 7 illustrates in detail the form of pivotal connection employed, the load re ceiverA or platform being provided with an arm 20 from which extends a bearing cone 21 entering a small recess formed in one .side of the arm of the lin-k, and the platform has a threaded opening for the passage of a conical bearing screw 23 thatenters a small recess formed in the side of the arm.

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